Traces of Cyclone Freddy: Family homeless in Munawalate, Vilanculos district
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Mr. Armando Johane Comé, 42, is one of those affected by Tropical Storm Freddy, in the town of Munawalate, Vilanculos district, in Inhambane, "I've lost everything!"
Mr. Armando Johane Comé lives in the town of Munawalate, with a household made up of five people, including himself (head of the family), his wife and their three children, one boy and two girls.
Armando tells us about the drama he and his family experienced in the early hours of February 25, when Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit.
"It was around zero to one o'clock in the morning on February 25 that suddenly there was a very heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning, and our house started to leak, then a big windstorm, our house didn't resist, the sheets scattered, and the whole house fell down!"
Mr. Armando tells us that right after his house collapsed in the middle of the night, his biggest concern was trying to rescue the children who were sleeping inside another house, "Thank God we escaped alive, no one was hurt and no one died. As soon as we saw the house down, I ran to rescue the children who were sleeping in another house."
Two houses made of local materials were unable to withstand the fury of Cyclone Freddy. Mr. Armando was forced to shelter his family in one of the reception centers in the town of Munawalate.
"That morning, I ran to shelter my children and my whole family in my brother's house, but at the moment my whole family, together with my wife, are sheltered in the Munawalete reception center, and I'm sleeping here so that I can control our property! While I try to build a little house next door so I can sleep."
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